New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-04-10
Auditor The Reform party paid high as SIS for
votes In East Greenwich to-day.
4 GYMNASIUM FoR COLUMBIA COLLEGE
DETAILS OF THE PROPOSED BUILDING-wHERE
WILL IT BE ERECTED.

DETAILS OF THE PROPOSED BUILDING-wHERE
WILL 1T BIZ ERECTED.
Columbia College is in imperative need OF a building
which VIII afford to its students opportunity Tor
healthy recreation and physical culture. This need
is even greater in the city than in the country The
class of lSe0. realizing this fact ami being DESTROYS
Of leaving some memorial to the college, have con-
ceivcd the idea Of ia sing fund toform nucleus for
establishing such q building. Accordingly COM
mittee has been appointed composed of five graduates
of the college, with William Manice as chairman.
This committee has already raised over $4,000 to-
ward thus fund. and with the aid of Professor Ware,
OF the department OF architecture i'll the Fchool Of
Mines, assisted by Mcssrs. Little and OConnor, recent
graduates Of that school. the following is the sub
stance Of the plan for the proposed gymnasium, ap-
proved by the alumni at their last meeting and printed
in full in tho college paper:
The building will be three stories high, with an
ample basement. and will contain for the exclusive
use Of tho colcgans a gymnasium, rowing room.
sparring and fencing room, baseball cage, swimming
batn bownng alleys ana other rooms. IL Will also
contain large lecture hail. which, with its dressing
rooms, coat ticket Office ETC.. may be used IN
conjunction with the rooms already named or IL NAV
be separated from them thus allowing 1t 10 be leased
To the public without interfering IN any way WIN inc
cOego men. As columns objectionable, they VIII
b. avoided In both the gymnasium and lecture hail.
The basement Will contain four bowling alloys, an
1ex3O feet swimming tank with largo iayatory a
2OxIO baseball cage. dressing room, locker room
and store room The first noor Will he occupied ny
lecture room, seating 600, two coat rooms a COZ
legians' smoking room. dressing rooms, etc. Tho
second floor will contain a large bilarl room, with
space for four tables. and spectators seats. 0N52
rowing room. locker room containing
six hundred lockers. dressing room a
dry ing room. wash with shower
and need baths and Iavatory. The gymnasium;
50x01-thc most important room in the housc-wnl
occupy ,he third story. leaving tho right hand SIDE
Of the front boxing and fencing room, and on the
left an Office for the director of athletics The
gymnasium will contain beside the usual outfit OF q
first class athletic room, raised running track which
will measure twenty laps to the milo. The building
will be Tshaped the head Of the forming the front
of the street while the limb back leaving on each
side an open space twenty feet wide, thus securing
abundance Of light and air in all parts of the
building.
1t IL estimated that the building will cost about
81 900. provided perfectly plain materials are
used. Should the best materials be used. and the
halls and rooms suitably decorated tho cost Will
amount TO $4,000. Several sites under con-
shleratiOn. but mono have been definitely decided
upon. Tho committee have recommended that an
other committee representing the faculty the trustees
the alumni and the undergraduates he appointed 70
investigate and purchase the land which to erect
tho building and to collect all contributions that are
made 10 the project. This committee viii probably
be appointed ut the next meeting OF tho alumni.